Chocolate Cherry Chia 24 Hour Oats

June 19, 2014

Cherries.

Healthy Chia Seeds.

Every Friday morning, I sweat my way through an amazing boot camp class at The Refinery here in Portland. Each week features a different series of moves designed to torture us. While I am usually exhausted by the end of it, I LOVE it! It is fun, challenging and awesome to see what my body can and can’t do each week. Before each class, I have to think carefully about how I am going to fuel my body to get through the workout. I don’t want to be too weighed down but also want to be sure I have enough fuel to finish. The last few weeks, I have been relying on versions of 24 hour oats. With cherry season upon us, these Chocolate Cherry Chia Oats are my new favorite.

All the ingredients before adding the almond milk.

I added a scoop of vegan vanilla protein powder to my oats because I wanted the extra protein with such a hard workout but you can leave it out if you aren’t interested in extra protein.

These oats are great because you prep them the night before and then just grab them and go in the morning. They offer healthy omega-3 fats with the chia seeds, fiber filled oats and a dose of Vitamin C from the cherries. As you can see from the picture below, it is not a pretty breakfast but it sure tastes good.

8 Responses to Chocolate Cherry Chia 24 Hour Oats

Hi,
When I see chocolate, I come running, so I hopped by from Healthy Vegan Friday to explore your chocolate cherry chia oats recipe. It looks so good and I am delighted to see that it is quite easy to create–literally “shake and make”! I use chia almost every day so now I have a new way to enjoy it. All the best, Deborah

Great recipe. I know that Garden of Life has very good products and I love the other ingredients too o- the chia seed, cherries, cinnamon, cocoa powder, and the maple syrup. All so healthy. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays Blog Hop!